Cristian Ordóñez

News

INTERVIEW/FEATURE "Urbanautica Institute" (link here)
Interviewed and featured at Urbanautica. Conversation with curator Steve Bisson.
December 2021 (IT)

HONOURS "Winner, 2021 Burtynsky Grant" (link here)
Ongoing body of work "Frequency" has won the 2021 Burtynsky Grant.
Edward Burtynsky, Romke Hoogwaerts, Michele Pearson Clarke, and Zun Lee (Jury)
CONTACT Photography Festival.

“Produced while on daily walks throughout Toronto in 2020 and 2021, Cristian Ordóñez’s project 'Frequency' is a timely meditation on the tension between humans, nature, and the urban landscape. Ordóñez’s large- and medium-format photographs are masterfully composed, presenting uncanny vestiges of both natural and built environments in a wide tonal range of black and white. The energy, thoughtfulness, and the pacing of this body of work resonates with the pace of what life has been like in recent years. Ordóñez has been quietly and consistently creating self-published book projects for many years, and the jury is excited that this grant will assist him in the opportunity to work with a publisher."
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CONTACT Photography Festival
October 2021 (CA)

EXHIBITION (Group) "Read the Room"
Publications Notes 01, 02 + 03 part of group show Read the Room. A celebration of self-published and independently published works and the artists who make them.
Serchia Gallery in Bristol.
October 22-24, 2021 (UK)

WORKSHOP "The idea of the Photobook" (link here)
In November I am looking forward to doing an online workshop called "The idea of the Photobook" at Gallery 44 in Toronto. Please email Leila Fatemi at lfatemi@gallery44.org to register or if you have any questions. Free for members.
November 2021

FAIR "Artsy, Galería Animal" (link here)
Part of the first edition of Latin American Galleries Now by Artsy, bringing together the gallery associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico all in one place. Joining this initiative thanks to Galería Animal, together with artists Bruno Giliberto, Patricia Claro and Hernán Gana. Thanks to curator María Jose Sagredo.
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Latin American Galleries Now
July 19 - August 9, 2021
July - August 2021

INTERVIEW/FEATURE "Centro Imagen Sur" (link here)
Interviewed and featured at Centro Imagen Sur. Conversation with photographer Tatiana Sarda.
August 2021 (CL)

COLLABORATION "Extempore" (link here)
A series of 10 Gelatine Silver Prints used as covers in collaboration with Extempore, an impromptu music and field recording process by artist Justin Pape. A number of 3 copies per print released as a limited edition of 30 and published in a 6-track cassette housed within a small sculpture created by Justin, constructed from debris collected from daily walks in Toronto, Justin's daily coffee grounds, and his hair grown during this year.
10 Gelatine Silver Print
Edition of 3 each
Published and Available by Colony Collapse
July 2021 (CA)

PRINTS "Artsy, Galería Animal" (link here)
Honoured to have some work available on Artsy with Galería Animal. Limited edition archival pigment prints (100% cotton, acid and longing-free paper). Works created between 2019 and 2020.
Thanks to curator María Jose Sagredo.
April 2021 (CL)

FEATURE "Other Voices" (link here)
Landscapes as works of our mind. Cristian Ordóñez explores the border between reality and memory and the recurring connections that establish when these two dimensions interact with one another. Emotions, connections, sensory perceptions shape what we experience creating a symbolic reality, unidentifiable and in between moments in which the unknown and the familiar become inseparable. This boundary between what is far and what is recognizable is what makes way for unclear associations, as we were floating into existence directed by our past, like a “narrative dream”. Works from publication "Other Voices", 2019.
Thanks for the words to Greta and the Pellicola Magazine
April 2021 (IT)

EDITORIAL "The Globe and Mail"
Urban habitats are in trouble. What Toronto's ailing ravines reveal about the future of city wilderness — Story by Alex Bozikovic and Oliver Moore. Photographs of scientist and forestry ecologist Eric Davies, for The Globe and Mail print version, on the cover and folio section. Photo editor Clare Vander Meersch.
April 2021 (CA)

HONOURS "Urbanautica Institute" (link here)
Ongoing project "Frequency" has been awarded the Urbanautica Institute Annual Awards 2020, in the category Representations of Space, Architecture, and Conflicts. The project is accompanied by a text by the sociologist Mónica Salinero Rates. The project will be published later this year in a publication by the institute. Urbanautica Institute works on photography, visual anthropology and cultural landscapes.
March 2021 (IT)

INTERVIEW "Nowhere Dairy" (link here)
Featured work and conversation with Kim Høltermand.
February 2021 (DK)

TEACHING "Authorship, Editorial"
Faculty of Design, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
January — April 2021 (CA)

INTERVIEW/FEATURE "Archive 365" (link here and here)
Interviewed and featured at Prado Stuff, Archive365 publication and website.
December 2020 (CL)

TALK/PANEL "Hacia una nueva visualidad" (link here)
Talk about inspiration and collaborations, plus a panel discussion about design and culture with architect Rodrigo Tisi, design academic Pamela Gatica and graphic designer Werner Fett, as part of the event "Diseñar Hoy", organized by the Chilean Minister of Culture, Arts and Patrimony. Event in Spanish!
November 23, 2020 (CL)

FEATURE "Raúl Zurita, La poesía como la escencia de toda creación"
An honor to share my photographs with the Chilean poet Raúl Zurita at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Buchmesse), in the short documentary film curated by Gabinete Contemporary Art, with Goethe-Institute. An important date turning one year from the Chilean social outbreak from October 18, 2019. Thank you to curator Carolina Martínez Sánchez for the invitation.
October 17, 2020 (CL)

ONLINE (Group) "The distance of things is overcome by a plane"
Curated by Matías Allende Contador, with advice from Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz. "Perimeter Series", 2020 explores the relationship and the dialogue that is generated between the urbanization imposed by the human being and nature, putting emphasis on how we constantly try to control its organic growth. Works commissioned in response by "The distance of things is overcome by a plane" title of an essay by Matías Allende, to integrate the collaborative project of Fundación Antenna and available to purchase in the new local art platform of Falabella. Thanks for the invitation to Matías Allende, Fundación Antenna, and to all the team that carried out this project, including Loa Bascuñan, Cristián Aninat, Alfonzo Diaz, and Antonio Bascuñan.
October 15, 2020 (CL)

EXHIBITION (Solo) "Sink After the Sun"
Department of Culture, Municipal Budgetary Institution of Culture
Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, Russia
Curated by Evgeny Komuhin
September 13 to October 11, 2020 (RU)

ARTICLE "Extinction. A World Without Us."
Featured work on the next issue of Rivista Eco, a magazine dedicated to sustainable education and environmental culture, with an article by Ugo Leone on the book 'Extinction' published by Urbanautica. Book edited and curated by Steve Bisson, Urbanautica Institute.
September 2020 (IT)

EXHIBITION (Group) Picture Paralyse
The School. The Gallery at Maison Florida. Hasselt, Belgium
Curated by Pablo Hannon
August 21, 2020 (BE)

ARTICLE "Extinction. A Possible Catalogue." (link here)
Featured work in an article written by Ugo Leone, an expert on environmental policies, long-lecturer at the University of Naples Federico II and former president of the Vesuvius National Park
Book edited and curated by Steve Bisson, Urbanautica Institute
July 2020 (IT)

FEATURED Voir l'invisible (link here)
"See the invisible" text by Michelle Drapeau
Artist-run centre VU Photo (Québec) features article that includes artists Hua Jin, Débora Flor, Florence Le Blanc, Johan Hallberg-Campbell, Clint Enns, Pierre&Marie, Cristian Ordóñez, Marjolaine Bourdua, Dani Hausmann, and Jean-Francois Pros
July 24, 2020 (CA)

INTERVIEW Letargo (link here)
La Fotografía Ha Sido Un Escape Creativo, ESP
April 3, 2020 (CL)

ONLINE Both Literally and Figuratively
Publication curated by Pablo Hannon
March 31, 2020 (BE)

WORKSHOP Thoughts, Instinct, and Process (link here)
Photobook workshop directed at VU Photo in Québec City. This two-and-a-half-day collective workshop will allow participating artists to develop an existing photographic project into book form. Activity offered in the context of Assemblages, VU's annual workshop for the creation of book maquettes, which will take place 10-28 February with the artists' Gaston Côte and Hua Jin
VU Photo, Québec City
February — 21 - 23, 2020 (CA)

WRITING about Sergio Larrain's work for the Book "100 x 100"
Edited and Curated by Patricio Pozo
January 2020 (CL)

TEACHING Editorial, Book Design
Faculty of Design, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
January — April 2020 (CA)

PUBLICATION "Extinction. The World Without Us." (link here)
Human destruction of the living world is causing a “frightening” number of plant and animal extinctions, according to a growing number of scientists, studies, publications, and reports. In the last century, the awareness that human activities are harmful to the environment, to life in general, including that of humans has increased. Wars, climate change, diseases, pollution, technological escalation, deforestation are just some of the threats that challenge the survival of the species. 30 photographers selected by Urbanautica Institute
Edited and Curated by Steve Bisson, Urbanautica Institute
November 2019 (IT)

EDITORIAL Brick Magazine: A Literary Journal issue 104
“Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end” — text by Ralph Waldo Emerson⁣. Article text by Kaitlin Ruether. Art Direction by Mark Byk
December 2019 (CA)

STOCKLIST Arcana: Books on the Arts (link here)
"Other Voices" available in Los Angeles, California
August 2019 (US)

PUBLICATION De discursos visuales, secuencias y fotolibros (link here)
Book by Ros Boisier y Leo Simoes. Published by Editorial RM. Edited by Muga.
Mention of photobooks "Other Voices", "A Way to Disconnect and Connect", "Sink After the Sun", and "Time Regrets its Passing".
August 2019 (CL)

FAIR Rombo, Museum of Contemporary Art
"Colección del Metalibro" will be available at MAC
Published by Metalibro
July 2019 (CL)

EXHIBITION (Solo) Sink After the Sun
Space Place Gallery, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
Curated by Evgeny Komuhin
July 12, 2019 (RU)

EXHIBITION (Group) Other Voices
Photobook Exhibition, Benaki Museum. Athens Photo Festival.
June - July 28, 2019 (GR)

PANEL Photobook Lab: On Longevity
⁣Panel discussion invited by Toronto Photo Library and Zackery Hobler. Panel with artists Bianca Salvo, Steven Beckly, Josée Schryer, and Seth Fluker, ⁣part of the CONTACT Photography Festival. Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto. Hosted by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Supported by Dara and Marvin Singer.
May 25, 2019 (CA)

FAIR Contact PhotoBook Fair
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
CONTACT Scotiabank Photography Festival
May 2019 (CA)

BOOK "Other Voices"
A new book, self-published
May 2019 (CA)

ARTIST TALK Open Show 33: Photo/Graphic
Curated by Gilbert Li
Black Cat Gallery, Toronto, ON
April 2019 (CA)

ARTIST TALK Journalism Class
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
March 2019 (CA)

FEATURED "At the Pace of the Bloom"
A selection of photographs were featured at Fisheye Magazine. Edited by Anaïs Viand.
January 2019 (FR)

PUBLISHED La Mono Magazine, Essence.
Written by Vicky Navarro, Barcelona, Spain.
November 2018 (ES)

FEATURE Fiiiirst, 3rd edition (link here)
Cristian Ordóñez and Luca Marianaccio, Montréal, QC
December 2018 (CA)

FEATURE "At the Pace of the Bloom"
Landscape Stories
November 2018 (IT)

FEATURE "A Way to Disconnect and Connect" (link here)
Booooooom, Photographer Spotlight
November 2018 (CA)

FAIR Vancouver Art Book Fair
Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
October 2018 (CA)

FAIR Impresionante, Museum of Contemporary Art
"Colección del Metalibro" will be available at MAC
Published by Metalibro
October 2018 (CL)

BOOK "Colección del Metalibro N2"
Edited by Javiera Novoa. Text by Mónica Salinero. Translation by Tomás Peters.
Published by Metalibro
October 2018 (CL)

EXHIBITION (Group) The Vernacular of Landscape
Curated by Subjectively Objective and Float Photo Magazine
Group Exhibition, Usagi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
September — October 2018 (US)

FAIR Contact PhotoBook Fair
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
CONTACT Scotiabank Photography Festival
July 2018 (CA)

EXHIBITION (Group) The Vernacular of Landscape
Curated by Subjectively Objective and Float Photo Magazine
Group Exhibition, Subjectively Objective Gallery, Detroit, MI
July 2018 (US)

STOCKLIST Art Metropole (link here)
"A Way to Disconnect and Connect" Book, published by Daga, available at AM
July 2018 (CA)

FAIR Toronto Art Book Fair
Chinatown Centre Mall, Toronto, ON
July 2018 (CA)

BOOK "A Way to Disconnect and Connect"
A new book, published by Ediciones Daga
Edition by Jorge Losse. Text by Laura Stein. Graphic Design by Sebastián Rodríguez.
October 2017 (CL)

PUBLISHED The Vernacular of Landscape
Publication by Subjectively Objective
Curated by Noah Waldeck and co-edited by Float Photo Magazine
June 2018 (US)

BOOK "Sink After the Sun"
A new book, self-published
May 2018 (CA)

BOOK "Time Regrets its Passing"
A new book, self-published
May 2018 (CA)

FAIR Contact PhotoBook Fair
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
CONTACT Scotiabank Photography Festival
May 2019 (CA)

EXHIBITION (Group) The Print Swap: Reflections of a Dream
Curated by Paul Kopeikin. The Print Swap and Feature Shoot
The month of Photography Los Angeles Festival
Group Exhibition, ROW DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
April 2018 (US)

ONLINE 10x10 Photobooks IG Takeover (link here)
10x10 Photobooks, a non-profit organization that hosts ongoing projects highlighting photobooks
Invited by Olga Yatskevich
March 2018 (US)

STOCKLIST The Canadian Centre for Architecture (link here)
"A Way to Disconnect and Connect" Book, published by Daga
Available at CCA bookstore, Montréal, Québec
February 2018 (CA)

EXHIBITION (Group) Terrain Notes
Edited and Art Directed by Cristian Ordóñez
Group Exhibition and publication launch at Pushmi Pullyu Gallery, Toronto, ON
November 2017 (CA)

PUBLICATION (Group) Terrain Notes
Edited and Art Directed by Cristian Ordóñez
November 2017 (CA)

FEATURED Crap is Good (link here)
"A Way to Disconnect and Connect" Book, published by Daga
October 2017 (GE)

BOOK "A Way to Disconnect and Connect"
A new book, published by Ediciones Daga
Edition by Jorge Losse. Text by Laura Stein. Graphic Design by Sebastián Rodríguez.
September 2017 (CL)

INSTALLATION (Solo) "We are all in it, part of it"
Photographic Installation
Surf the Greats, Toronto, ON
August - September 2017 (CA)

FAIR Toronto Art Book Fair
Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
July 2017 (CA)

EXHIBITION (Group) This is Two Personal
Curated by Luis Mora
Working Title, Toronto, ON
May 2017 (CA)

EXHIBITION (Group) The Impossible Image
Curated by Matt Martin
BIP, Biennale De L’image Possible, Liège, Belgium
October 2016 (BE)

EXHIBITION (Group) The Night
Curated by Chantalle Weerts and Pablo Hannon
BIP, Biennale De L’image Possible, Belgium
Group Exhibition at Maastricht, Netherlands
October 2016 (NL)

FEATURED "You & I"
Mármol Magazine, Issue 01, Vivir. Text and photographs.
May 2016 (CL)

FEATURED Daga 12
Ediciones Daga
May 2016 (CL)

EXHIBITION (Group) Salon 44
Group exhibition at Gallery 44 in Toronto
March 2016 (CA)

FEATURED Der Greif
Guest-Room Online Group Exhibition
Curated by Ann-Christin Bertrand
March 2016 (GE)